Moldova faces general election, with EU bid at stake
In the midst of what the government describes as a destructive Russian campaign to shake the vote and sabotage the effort, it organizes a high -betting parliamentary election that can determine the fate of the proposal to join the European Union.
2.4 million human countries have faced more than one crisis since the test of Russia’s invasion of 2022 neighboring Ukraine, 27 -member block membership in critical to get rid of Russia’s orbit.
The latest surveys show that the pro -EU Action and Solidarity Party (PAS) can fight to protect the majority and that the 101 -seat legislature should look for a coalition with others.
Opposition forces such as pro -Russian patriotic blocks and nominal EU -friendly alternative alliances establish voters who are uncomfortable with high prices, slow reforms and skepticism over the closer ties with Western European countries.
The patriotic block says he wants friendship with Russia, “permanent impartiality” and “a state that serves people, not authorities”.
The Kremlin refused to interfere with Moldova’s affairs and says the country’s government has stopped anti -Russian emotion for political purposes.
Any coalition probably made it difficult for President Maia Sandu to participate in the EU by 2030, which required a comprehensive legislative work.
2024 referendum on EU membership cleared only 50 percent majority.
Bir If you have a coalition, you can forget the rapid European integration, considering the common options, anonimiz an old senior authorized, speaks anonymously to make a clear assessment.
The European Union supported Sandu vocal, and in 2022, for EU membership, he is thinking of a friendly Moldova who applied with Ukraine, the key to attracting the influence of Russia on the eastern wings of Russia.
In August, the leaders of France, Germany and Poland visited Chisinau to underline the government’s support for the EU proposal.
Moldova has a majority of Romania and a major Russian -speaking minority, and the political power has changed between EU aligned groups for decades for decades.
Russian troops are being deployed in Transnistria in a separatist region that left the control of Moldova in a short war in the early 1990s.
Sandu described the vote as Moldova’s most conclusion choice so far.
He said that Russia, which appealed to the country on Monday, spent hundreds of millions of euros to shake the votes and hired hundreds of people to confuse the disorder.
“Today, I am very seriously telling you: sovereignty, independence, regional integrity and Europe in our future.” He said.
Moldova police have accelerated searches for illegal party financing in recent weeks.
On Monday, security forces arrested 74 people about raids on the allegation that they were trying to prevent Russian’s unrest.
Former President Igor Dodon, a former president Bloc, said that some members of the alliance are targeted.
“The guilty rust regime is trying to scare us, scare people, and silence us.” He said.
On Friday, the election officials prevented the heart of the Moldova Party, which is part of the patriotic block, after a court that limited the party’s activity for a year.
The Ministry of Justice of the Moldova requested restrictions after research that led to allegations of voter bribes, illegal party financing and money laundering in the heart of the Moldova party members.
The Election Commission said that all of the 36 candidates proposed by Moldova’s heart will be removed from the candidate list of the block and gave the blocks 24 hours to adjust the list to meet the representation thresholds required by the election law.
Last month, the illegal king of the US and the EU as a Russian agent allegedly allegedly imposed by the illegal king Ilan, offered Moldovans monthly monthly payments ($ A4500) to participate in anti -Government protests.
Voters will enter the election after years of economic weakness – a large extent from the war in Ukraine and an energy crisis directed by the Russians to critical gas resources.
Inflation circulates by about seven percent and many voters are painful.
“People do not see the benefits of EU participation in their daily lives,” Anastasia Pociumban of the German Foreign Relations Council said.
In the meantime, corruption remains permanent and reforms in key areas such as justice system move slowly.
